Stacy Finz reports how many local farmers are cultivating alternative revenues to help pay their bills, from hunting tours, and wildflower escapes to rock concerts and leasing land to a cell phone companies. [San Francisco Chronicle]

Traci Des Jardins and David Chang go to NASA HQ in Houston, and they try a bunch of astronaut food and drink, including astronaut coffee. It tastes like instant coffee, but Chang is digging the Capri Sun-like presentation: “I’m thinking this is a pretty genius way to drink coffee in the morning, because I’m clumsy.” That coffee video is above; click here for the food version, which, spoiler alert, grosses the chef out. [Youtube via Eater]

Seattle Weekly has eliminated its food critic position, and outgoing critic Hanna Raskin says her goodbye: “It’s inevitable that when a critic leaves his or her post, a cry of ‘good riddance’ goes up … but I like to think I’ve helped introduce readers to the food producers, purveyors and consumers who make Seattle such a wonderful eating city. ” [Seattle Weekly]